Sony MDR 7520 Professional - $290 from Amazon or B&H photoHad these about 3 weeks, and they are great!
Very smooth and natural, detailed sound. Very good low distortion bass.
High output and low power consumption for phone use. and better on laptops with higher quality music.
Frequency response from very low bass to 80Khz.
A five star phone IMO!
Edits: 09/29/16
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Topic - Best "under the radar" headphones under $1K? - RealStereo 01:17:10 09/29/16 (29)
- RE: B&O Beoplay H6 second generation - Eldragon 07:35:01 10/27/16 (2)
- The King of a questionable "Best" list? - genungo 08:23:22 10/27/16 (1)
- RE: The King of a questionable "Best" list? - Eldragon 17:33:56 10/27/16 (0)
- Have any of you posters even heard the Sony??? - RealStereo 15:32:28 10/04/16 (6)
- which one? - texanater 11:12:48 10/06/16 (4)
- Sony MDR-7520 Pro - genungo 06:13:29 10/07/16 (3)
- RE: Sony MDR-7520 Pro - RealStereo 15:09:56 10/07/16 (1)
- True... - genungo 19:38:42 10/07/16 (0)
- HA! - texanater 09:03:21 10/07/16 (0)
- I have not, yet. - genungo 17:21:59 10/04/16 (0)
- RE: Best "under the radar" headphones under $1K? - HD Audio 19:48:11 09/30/16 (0)
- Koss ESP-950 electrostatics - TimB5881 17:30:12 09/29/16 (0)
- For just about the same price... - Ivan303 13:26:46 09/29/16 (15)
- Yep yep - The Killer Piglet 19:48:13 11/13/16 (2)
- RE: Yep yep - connieflyer 17:41:21 11/14/16 (1)
- Senn 800 - Bill Way 13:01:28 11/17/16 (0)
- RE: For just about the same price... - pbarach 07:21:12 10/23/16 (0)
- Even cheaper, Senn HD580 with foam mods and HD600 grill - Jon L 10:29:08 10/02/16 (2)
- I liked the new grills but not the foam mods - genungo 14:59:30 10/06/16 (1)
- Did you do the foam mod for behind the driver too? - Jon L 15:25:04 10/07/16 (0)
- Which cable? - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 19:23:06 09/29/16 (1)
- Crappy one off o ebay... - Ivan303 20:30:28 09/29/16 (0)
- A true classic. - genungo 17:09:10 09/29/16 (4)
- That's why I - Dingojazz 14:48:13 10/07/16 (0)
- RE: A true classic. - PAR 05:32:57 10/01/16 (2)
- RE: A true classic. - genungo 08:16:16 10/01/16 (1)
- Ahhhh, but faux-marble is for anything... - musetap 22:14:07 10/21/16 (0)
- RE: For just about the same price... - RealStereo 16:09:45 09/29/16 (0)
- RE: Best "under the radar" headphones under $1K? - genungo 03:19:40 09/29/16 (0)